Classic Simpsons tonight on Fox

I realize this was probably a one-off deal, but how great would it be if Fox did this every summer? Instead of showing last season's reruns, dip into the vault and do a summer season of "greatest hits"?
With the 300-plus episode catalogue they have, there's dozens of great ones that people haven't seen in years. DVD owners notwithstanding, of course.

 

Tito Puente....




Tito Puente Tito Fuentes

 

Are they even allowed to do this because of syndication? I can't speak for every market, but in Rhode Island the FOX affiliate shows two episodes per weeknight.

 

I would think Fox owns the right to show any episode they want in prime time...

 

I'd also have to think, given the number of stations that air syndicated episodes and the number of episodes they air, breaking out an older episode won't impact the local affilates' ratings too much.

 

Man, seasons 2-5 or so of the Simpsons, I would put up against ANY comedy, ever.

That was a great trip into a time before the Simpsons got too weighed down by its own cliches. And when Homer was written as a lovable, yet oafish, dude, instead of a simple buffoon.

Some nice One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest references too. Think I spotted Charley Cheswick and Mr. Harding in the asylum.

 

The guy who did Michael Jackson's voice nailed it. I still remember watching that episode when it originally aired and thinking for the first few minutes, "No way they actually got MJ to do that . . . is there?"

 

I thought I read it was actually MJ, but there was some contractual thing or some other reason why they had to call him by a pseudonym in the credits. I could be way wrong, though.

 

It was Michael Jackson.

http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/0301.htm

http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Michael_Jackson

 

God I wish I had seen this thread earlier. I haven't seen that episode since it originally aired but I remember it so clearly.

I would love to see it again.

 

But the songs were NOT sung by MJ because of contractual issues

 

That also explains another Jackson tribute the creators did. Instead of the couch gag last week, they had the full video for "Do the Bartman" at the beginning of the show.